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ARTHUR BA RBARIN, OF NEWv ORLEANS. LOUlSIANA.

Letters Patent No. 68,149. dated August 27, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIB.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BARBARIN, of the city of New Orleans, parishof Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented acertain new, useful,and improved Device for Fastening the ;Ends-of Wire Rope when lthe sameis used for banding bales of cotton or other substances; and I dohcrebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification.

My invention consists of a strong metallic ring, of about the'dimensionsshown upon the drawings at figs. 1 and 2, around 4t-he periphery ofwhich there is a groove for the reception of the wire rope which it isdesigned to connect or fasten at the ends. The device is shown at Figurel, upon the drawings, in connection with a Wire rope that is fastened toit; at

Figure 2 is shown a sectional view of the device; and at Figure 3 itappears aswhen in actual use upon a bale of cotton.

In applying the device to practice the process is very simple; The ringis first aatached to one'end of the wire rope, either buy-bending thesaid end around the ring and twisting it tightly into the groove, or bypassing it through the ring and securing it in the same way. The wirerope is then made to encircle the bale, and the other end is secured tothe device. If the first end has been passed through the ring, the lastend must be passed around it, and 'vice versa. `The best mode, perhaps,will be to attach the {irst end of the wire rope by passing it throughthe ring, because in that case the ring will revolve, and hence, inattaching the last end of the wire rope the slack may more readily betaken up. The inner surface of the ring is rounded in order-that acurved support may be provided for that end of the wire rope that passesthrough the ring. The groove around the external surface of the ringpresents, of course, a similar curved support. The result is thatneither end of the wire rope is subjected to a short or abrupt bendingiu being fastened to the ring, and consequently the full normal strengthof the wire rope remains unimpaired. 4It' such` method should bepreferred, both ends of the wire rope may be passed through the ring,and the fastening be thus made, in which case it willbe obvious that noannular groove need encircle said ring. The device is marked A-upon thedrawings at all the figures.

My invention may be made of cast iron, and at small cost, and it is sosimple that any laborer, however dull of intellect, will instantlycomprehend the mode of its application to use. No possible jar orconcussion can ever disconnect it from the wire rope or4 wire, for it isequally useful in connection with the latter as 'with the former, and Iexpressly reserve the right to use it with both. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desireA to securehy Letters Patent, as a new article of manufacture, is l The ring A,when constructed as herein described and shown upon the drawings, and used to fasten the ends of wire rope or lwire in banding cotton or otherbales, substantially in the manner herein set forth.

ARTHUR BARBARIN.

Witnesses:

WM. J. MoLLYNEAuX, TH. J. DIX.

